Philemon 1:13 - Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

For my own sake I should like to keep him with me, so that, while I am in prison for the Good News, he might attend to my wants on your behalf.

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whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

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I would have chosen to keep him with me, in order that he might minister to my needs in your stead during my imprisonment for the Gospel's sake.

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whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

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I considered keeping him with me so that he might serve me in your place during my time in prison because of the gospel.

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I myself wanted to retain him with me, so that he might minister to me, on your behalf, while I am in the chains of the Gospel.

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